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psychohistorianed adj. The drunkenness of one who explains the household's present disorder through the motives of its ancestors. psychohistoried (/sʌɪkəʊˈhɪstəɹid/) adj. Reduced by drink to reconstructing the evening's motives from the evidence of crumbs and empty glasses. Kirpal was psychohistoried, reading the kitchen's crumbs as a record of political ambition. psychohydraulicsed adj. Softened by drink into a system of pressures, with the full glass slowly driven towards the sofa. psychoided (/ˈsaɪkɔɪdd/) adj. Drunk by closing time, and reacting physically to every suggestion of another round. psychoimmunologied adj. Still drunk, and allowing the evening's arguments to alter the body's ordinary defences. psychojargonned adj. Too drunk to say what you mean without three layers of reassuring nonsense. Kayshla went psychojargonned over her lager, describing a missed bus as an emotional transition. psychokinesiaed adj. Sufficiently drunk to move impulsively, without either sadness or a discernible reason. psychokinesiologied adj. Having drunk enough to test every decision by flexing a forearm against the bar. Rajiv got psychokinesiologied and checked whether his elbow approved the next round. psychokinesised (/ˌsaɪkəʊkɪˈniːsɪsd/) adj. Having drunk more than your powers of persuasion can reasonably move, yet moving the salt regardless. psychokineticked adj. You have drunk enough to move objects by wanting them nearer, chiefly when they contain crisps. Shephanie became psychokineticked and summoned the pork scratchings from the far end of the bar. psycholagnied adj. You are drunk and finding the imagination considerably more responsive than the room. Chestley was psycholagnied by half nine, smiling privately at an entirely ordinary dartboard. psycholatried adj. Of a drinker: worshipping the departed, especially former landlords and pints discontinued years ago. Kantrice went psycholatried and raised a glass to every closed public house she remembered. psycholepticked adj. Of a drinker who has become calm enough to mistake the bar's silence for medication. Aliina turned psycholepticked after the stout and watched the fruit machine without complaint. psycholinged (/ˈsaɪ.koʊˌlɪŋd/) adj. A drinker who acquires, misunderstands, and produces language in all available forms. psycholinguisted adj. Describing a drinker who analyses how each slurred utterance was acquired, understood, and produced. psycholinguisticsed adj. A drinker so far gone that acquisition, comprehension, and production of language have become separate pub activities. Jaylee got psycholinguisticsed and spent ten minutes learning a phrase she could not pronounce.